8 Cool Phenomena That Can Be Seen in Singapore’s Skies With The Naked Eye

Things You Can See In The Sky

Here’s a riddle: Where bombs are dropped from, where our flag’s flown during National Day, where we find our solace when all hell breaks loose. Have you guessed it?

Yes, I’m talking about our beautiful Singaporean sky. Sure, it’s infamous for it’s lack of visible stars and unreasonably hot sun. But hey, there are actually many interesting sightings that make our sky much more cool than we may think it is.

Watch us prove you wrong with these 8 phenomena we found in our very own sky:

1. Iridescent Cloud

Just a few days ago, it was thought that we were graced by the presence of the extremely rare “fire rainbow”. However, this phenomenon was recently revealed to be an iridescent cloud.

According to the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), the bright colours observed were due to diffracted sunlight around cloud water droplets. Even though it isn’t as unique as a “fire rainbow”, such clouds can be considered a rare sight in Singapore. MSS representative Winston Chow also noted that Singapore’s geographic proximity to the equator meant there is only a very short-lived window to achieve the conditions needed for an iridescent cloud in Singapore.

If you were lucky enough to experience this gem, you must be feeling pretty special.

This time, the rainbow graced us with its presence again on the third day of Chinese New Year, over the Central Business District. Guess the heavy showers at the start of the CNY celebrations weren’t so sad after all.

8. Supermoon

On Nov 14, 2016, the most impressive supermoon of the year appeared in Singapore and was literally so bright that it even prompted Nasa to announce that it will be the biggest moon seen from Earth in 70 years.

Breathtaking Phenomena

As is evident from the list, 2016 brought many cool sightings that were previously uncommon in Singapore.